LAS VEGAS – Robert Whittaker met the media Saturday after his win over Nikita Krylov at UFC 329.
Whittaker (27-9 MMA, 18-7 UFC) put away Krylov (31-12 MMA, 12-10 UFC) with a third-round TKO to close out the prelims at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Whittaker was making his UFC debut at light heavyweight after spending his entire tenure with the promotion heretofore at middleweight – including a stint as champion.
"Everything that could go right did go right. I can't express to you how good I feel," Whittaker said at his post-fight news conference. "There was a lot of nerves going into this. Who hasn't seen the story of a middleweight after two losses moving up to light heavyweight and then sliding into oblivion? I didn't want to be that guy."
Now there's no chance of that. And in fact, at light heavyweight, things are in enough of a perpetual state of craziness the past few years in the UFC that anything's possible.
The 35-year-old Whittaker, who snapped a two-fight skid, can't even rule out the possibility he's smack dab in ****** le contention at 205 pounds after the win over Krylov.
Whittaker (27-9 MMA, 18-7 UFC) put away Krylov (31-12 MMA, 12-10 UFC) with a third-round TKO to close out the prelims at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Whittaker was making his UFC debut at light heavyweight after spending his entire tenure with the promotion heretofore at middleweight – including a stint as champion.
"Everything that could go right did go right. I can't express to you how good I feel," Whittaker said at his post-fight news conference. "There was a lot of nerves going into this. Who hasn't seen the story of a middleweight after two losses moving up to light heavyweight and then sliding into oblivion? I didn't want to be that guy."
Now there's no chance of that. And in fact, at light heavyweight, things are in enough of a perpetual state of craziness the past few years in the UFC that anything's possible.
The 35-year-old Whittaker, who snapped a two-fight skid, can't even rule out the possibility he's smack dab in ****** le contention at 205 pounds after the win over Krylov.
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